Cooking, Mother in law and Miscellaneous: Today, my mother-in-law came over for dinner. She decided to...

By NaCl - 24/05/2014 21:20 - United States - Duluth

Today, my mother-in-law came over for dinner. She decided to salt the food I was preparing without even tasting it first, then complained at dinner that I'd used too much salt. She then lectured me on the proper seasoning of food for the rest of the evening. FML

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By salt bomb - 02/03/2023 07:00 - United States

Today, I spent all day carefully preparing a wonderful homemade beef and vegetable stew from scratch. Close to dinner time, I tasted it and it was inedibly salty. Confused, my horrifically bratty stepdaughter then laughed and admitted she poured salt in it because it wasn’t what she wanted for dinner. FML

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Tasty!

By Sad and hungry - 25/04/2020 17:00

Today, my in-laws invited us over to dinner. I decided to help out in the kitchen and watched in horror as my mother-in-law licked every utensil, sucked her fingers while making the plates and slurped wine straight from the bottle. My husband said I was rude for refusing to eat. FML

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By YOU KNOW WHAT, FUCK THE CUSTOMER - 20/07/2013 17:47 - United States - Sherwood

Today, at work, a woman came up to the snack bar and ordered a pretzel with no salt. When I served her the food, she angrily complained about it having no salt, followed by her throwing the whole thing in my face. FML

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Gumbo time

By Anonymous - 30/06/2022 18:00

Today, I cooked for the future in-laws and was accused of trying to poison them. Absolutely no one told me, even as they watched me cook shrimp and smoked sausage gumbo, that my mother-in-law is deathly allergic to shellfish and my father-in-law gets severe diarrhoea when he eats pork. FML

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Too many cooks, etc.

By hazyshadows - 18/03/2020 17:02 - United States - Edmond

Today, I tried to make a grilled cheese sandwich for myself, but as soon as I started, my mom rushed into the kitchen and criticized me for making it "wrong". She then made the sandwich for me. It tasted significantly worse than when I make them. FML

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MANNERS!

By Anonymous - 05/04/2024 17:00 - United States

Today, my mother gave me a reprimand for my table manners when I didn't ask for someone to pass the vegetables I could have gotten myself. She then let out a raunchy fart at the table, and had the nerve to yell, "Did you ask to be excused?!" as I vacated the area. FML

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By Anonymous - 16/06/2017 06:00 - United States - North Olmsted

Today, my mom tried to ground me. In the apartment that I own. Because I didn't eat enough of the dinner that I'd made. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/06/2011 20:39 - Switzerland

Today, my family went out to dinner at a seafood restaurant. While we were eating our food, my grandma demanded to see the manager, and loudly complained that her fish was "too fishy". FML

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By Anonymous - 22/06/2019 18:02

Today, I offered to help my mother-in-law boil noodles for some noodle soup. She loudly said, "You know how!?" I'm a chef. FML

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By tardspawn - 05/04/2015 15:38 - United Kingdom - Horsham

Today, my morbidly obese mother gave me an angry lecture at dinner, saying without any trace of irony that my vegetarian diet is "unhealthy and utterly unacceptable". FML

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nyancait 18

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:13

Just so everybody knows, 'mother in law' is an anagram of 'woman Hitler'. Take from that what you will.

Vanubo 10

Sunday 25 May 2014 10:17

You could call that Verbal As-salt

Comments

Heathtastic 10

Wednesday 28 May 2014 2:45

A simple "maybe you should have thought about that before YOU salt a meal im cooking without tasting it or asking me" would shut her up

CzarLaval 9

Wednesday 28 May 2014 23:11

Shes doing that on purpose because her life isn't what she pictured it to be. Try not to take it personally yah know ;)

emuhlaaay 3

Thursday 29 May 2014 2:55

Ugh mother-in-laws!!

123yeah 7

Friday 6 June 2014 6:01

sounds like Marie from Everybody Loves Ramond

depressingrage 5

Saturday 7 June 2014 5:16

I like how your name is sodium chloride.

llamaslikesoda 21

Monday 9 June 2014 0:40

FYL

DanielleinDC 33

Monday 9 June 2014 4:19

Maybe you should refuse to make her dinner ever again. Your husband needs to know that she was salting the food and that her treatment of you is unacceptable. And he needs to tell his mother that.